Preterm premature rupture of membrane after polypectomy using an Endoloop polydioxanone suture II(™)

Shigeru Aoki1, Mariko Hayashi1, Kazuo Seki1

  • 1Perinatal Center for Maternity and Neonate Yokohama City University Medical Center Yokohama Japan.

Clinical Case Reports
|April 22, 2016
PubMed

Polypectomy using an Endoloop PDS II (™) during pregnancy can be responsible for miscarriage and preterm delivery. Cervical polyps should not be removed in pregnant women except in cases where a malignancy is suspected.